Portraits, BAL91.50, Henry Monnier

Author(s): monnier, henry bonaventure (paris, 07–06–1799 - paris, 03–01–1877 — 3–6–1877), designer villain, designer-lithographer lami denozan, editor other title: recreation (series title) dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): graphic arts, print name(s): print materials and techniques: vellum paper, watercolor, lithography dimensions - artwork: height: 23cm width: 31. 3cm dimensions - picture: height: 14. 3cm width: 16cm description: colored print marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: wet stamp - t. H. : ​​monogram a m and 2 r next to each other? title of the work - above the image: recreations number - above the image on the right: no. 31 caption - in the image, at the bottom: portraits inscription concerning the author - under the image on the left: henry monnierunder the image on the right: lith de villain, r. Of sèvres, 23. Registration concerning the test - under the image: published by lami denozan, bookseller, rue des fossés montmartre, n°4. Iconographic description: four elegant people, shown from behind, two men and two women, arm in arm, are walking. The men wear top hats and the women wear hats with ribbons. The caption "portraits" is ironic, since the four people are represented from behind, however judging from their clothing we can guess that the two men are bourgeois and their friends perhaps grisettes. Themes / subjects / places represented: social subject, morals, grisette, ribbon, top hat institution: maison de balzac inventory number: bal91. 50. Date: Unknown.